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North America » United States » Virginia » Newport News August 28th 2016

Geo: 37.1097, -76.5187Editor's NOTE: Normally Glenn proof-read's my blog and does some major editing, however I am not asking him to do this for me, since he needs a break. So bear with me if there are misspelled words and the grammar is incorrect. Thanks for reading.We continued our journey to Tad and Abby's home. They live in Newport News, VA. Abby Beets. We have known her since "forever". Abby's parents are Tom and PJ. The Beets family would fly to Bolivia and we would help with logistics when they would continue on to Rincon de Tigre. Matter of fact, Tom has helped Glenn with medical advise and such. They also hou It was good to finally meet Tad. Tad attended West Point. He's in the Army. Bright guy. We talked a mile a minute. Abby ... read more
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North America » United States » Virginia » Newport News April 19th 2014

Die Vorbereitungen laufen auf Hochtouren Langsam aber sicher rückt der Zeitpunkt unserer Abreise näher. Wir sind zwar gut vorbereitet aber immer wieder gibt es noch etwas was wir noch nicht erledigt haben. Jacques, ein Kollege, verbringt Stunden damit mein GPS auf Vordermann zu bringen und das limitierte Speichervolumen meines Garmin Etrex Vista zu überlisten um wenigstens einen Teil unserer Route auf's Gerät zu bringen. Dann fehlen z.B. noch die Spezial-Batterien für das Wasserentkeimungsgerät etc. Auch mein neues Liegerad hat es noch nicht bis zu mir geschafft! Mit Einfahren oder Üben ist nichts mehr... Heute habe ich wenigstens mal das Meiste schon gepackt (siehe Fotos), da ich wegen der Arbeit bis kurz vor unserer Abreise am 1. Mai nicht mehr gross dazu kommen werde. Habe heute auch noch mit unserem Hotel in Newport-News telefoniert um zu schauen ... read more
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North America » United States » Virginia » Newport News August 29th 2010

I guess I was being optimistic when I thought I'd be blogging our trip every day. Our days begin around 5am when Lobo wakes up and wants to play. It ends around 9 or 10pm when we hit the bed in our hotel room. I promise to blog weekly. That sounds more likely, but I may do so more often. Just keep checking back. Right now we are in Newport News, VA. Bills' two sisters and his Mom are in this area, so we came to visit while enroute. Tomorrow, we set sail for Vass, N.C......where a friend of mine lives. The trip to get to this point began Thursday afternoon about 2:15. We left the Cape and made it to Southbury, CT. After being turned away by 3 hotels because we had the dogs, I ... read more
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